EDUCATION

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that it will close the Direct Entry e-Registration portal on September.15, 2017. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the Head of Media and Information of the board, said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Benjamin advised candidates yet to register...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government have reached an agreement at a closed-door meeting in the early hours of Friday in Abuja and have subsequently considered the government options to suspend the strike. The meeting between the two parties which started about 1:38 pm on...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will on Thursday hold a crucial meeting with the Federal Government of Nigeria. Thursday’s meeting, if held, will be exactly a week since the lecturers refused to show up for a meeting with the government delegation saying such meeting was “unnecessary.” This Thursday’s...

About 18 years after his death, the National Association of Nigerian Students has called on Edo State to immortalise its former leader, Comrade Moses Oisakede, who died in active service. The organisation described him as "a selfless, honest, brave and dutiful leader whose actions and steps, thoughts and visions were...

All tertiary institutions in Nigeria have fixed cut-off marks for admissions into their first year. The cut-off marks, decided by the Senate and management of each institution, have also been sent to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). As directed by the examination body, none of the universities have...

• As ASUU backs off meeting with FG As the Federal Government plans to meet with ASUU on the ongoing indefinite strike, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) is calling on the parties to engage in constructive engagement with a human face to resolve the lingering issues that led...

Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem of the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, has emerged as the 10th Vice-Chancellor of the University. The university’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Dr. Abdullahi Oyekan, made this known on Monday at a press briefing. Oyekan said the institution made...

The Bayelsa State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the education sub sector of the State by initiating policies and programmes to sustain and improve on the massive gains already made in the sector. This is coming on the heels of the State’s high ranking performance in the annual West...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) under the leadership of Comrade Chinonso Obasi has condemned in very strong terms the recent backwards review of the cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria from 180 for universities and 165 polytechnics, now 120 and 100 respectively and describes the...

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has approved the release of the admission list of successful candidates into the Federal Unity College, FUCs, for the 2017/2018 academic year. A statement by the Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday quoted the minster as saying that admission list into JSSI was on...